Some Progress and Some New Projects From the Duke

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Some Progress and Some New Projects From the Duke

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Duke Maddog 07-04-2009, 1:47 AM

I'll start out with the latest on my Secret Santa gift from a buddy on the LEM. Since I was decaling the Horten, (as shown in the Aircraft Forum) I decided to get the decals on my 1/72 scale Sdkfz 234 8-rad as well. Now all I have to do is fix the silvering, dullcoat and weather it and it'll finally be finished:

Next, on my 1/72 scale Italian 90mm gun from Italeri I painted the crew. After a few touchups here and there and some weathering on the crew, I should be able to call this done.

Now on to all the armor I started today.

They are all Patton tanks.

This first one is a 1/72 scale Revell of Germany M-48 A2C which is going to be in the postwar German Army before they upgraded them with new equipment. Since this is a re-issue of the old ESCI kit, (with additional sprues) I decided to modify the wheels a bit. Instead of having the two roadwheels per axle/torsion bar as is supposed to be ESCI took the lazy way and molded a super fat wheel/tire. So, in order to give the illusion that there are two roadwheels per axle/torsion bar, I took my file and filed a groove down the middle of all the wheels.

Next I assembled most of this tank. Now there is only the tracks and detail parts to add on after I paint it:





Next, I started a 1/72 scale Revell of Germany M-60A3 with the Dozer blade. I got a little over half of it assembled:



I still have a ways to go on this one. It will be a US Army tank, most likely in the MERDC scheme.

This last photos shows my last two tanks I started. They are both 1/72 scale Revell of Germany M-60 A1's with the ERA reactive armor. One of these will be Italian and the other will be for my US Marines.



That is all I have to show so far. Thanks all for looking and comments are welcome. Also feel free to check out my progress on my models that I posted in the Aircraft and Helicopter Forums as well.

 

Stay tuned for more....

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LeopardMan 07-04-2009, 11:53 AM

Looking good sofar. If I may say so but the 234 appears to be a little on the dark side but it could just be the lighting. I am looking forward to the M-48 and M-60's painted, especially the MERDC scheme. One thing about the ESCI kits in 72 that keeps me away from them are the Formula 1 style roadwheels and the simple tracks.

Joe

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Duke Maddog 07-04-2009, 12:49 PM

Thanks Joe. Good comments; I appreciate them.

 

Yeah, the 234 is a little dark due to the lighting and also a heavy dark wash that dried heavier than I expected. I'm going to try and tone it down with some light drybrushing when I weather it. 

Yeah, the formula one wheels are a pain, but I think I got them looking prettuy good with the new grooves. There is a company listed on Tracks 'n' Troops that sells aftermarket roadwheels and detailed tracks just for these old ESCI Pattons. They look extremely good; very detailed! I just couldn't afford to get them at this time so I started building these now instead of waiting. The three M-60's are new tooling and NOT old ESCI, so they have nice detailed wheels and tracks the way they are supposed to look. I highly recommend picking them up. You'll see when I get to that stage of assembly. 

Thanks again for the great comments. 

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stikpusher 07-04-2009, 1:48 PM
When do you sleep Mark? LOL! They are all coming along nicely friend!

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LeopardMan 07-04-2009, 2:13 PM
Duke, I really love the RoG 1/72 kits, especially the wheeled ones. They have some great detail and their decals are top notch.

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Duke Maddog 07-04-2009, 2:28 PM

stikpusher wrote:

When do you sleep Mark? LOL! They are all coming along nicely friend!

 

At night Carlos! LOL! Eight hours minimum a night!

 

Joe, I agree. I love Revell of Germany models too. I wish they'd come out with more 1/72 scale armormoreoften. I love how they gave five different versions that can be done on the M-48, as well as three versions in the M-60's

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redleg12 07-05-2009, 6:36 AM

Duke - I am going blind just looking at your post....at that size and the details you achieve...not only nice work, but you have been blessed with great eyes!!!

Rounds Complete!!

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Duke Maddog 07-06-2009, 9:21 AM

Thanks Mike! My eyes are actually quite bad, but only when viewing distances. To build, all I do is take off my glasses....

 

Thanks again for the great comments!